[23:26] And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
[23:27] And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.
[23:28] But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
[23:29] For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
[23:30] Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
[23:31] For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
[23:32] Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
[23:33] And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
[23:34] And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
[23:35] And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”
[23:36] The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
[23:37] and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
[23:38] There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
[23:39] One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
[23:40] But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
[23:41] And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
[23:42] And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
[23:43] And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”